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Informationen zum Autor Jack Beckham Combs, a photographer for more than fifty years, lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This is his first book. Jennifer L. McCoy is Director of the Carter Center's Americas Program and Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University. Editor of and contributor to several books on Latin American politics, McCoy organized and accompanied former President Carter's trip to Cuba in 2002. Julia E. Sweig is the David and Nelson Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin American Studies and Director for Latin American Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Her books include Cuba: What Everyone Needs To Know and Inside the Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro and the Urban Underground. Klappentext The breakup of the Soviet Union and the end of its massive economic subsidies may have shattered the Cuban leaders' dream of economic independence, but not the people's spirit. Distributed for Documentary Photography, Santa Fe, New Mexico Zusammenfassung Asked to conjure an image of Cuba! most Americans see a country of elegant! crumbling buildings and old American cars. This title features images of Cuba that range from the urban to the rural! from saturated colors and polished night skies to vibrant street scenes full of movement and sere agricultural landscapes.
